moms who have potty trained...

I have a question for you.My son started his potty training about a month ago, and is doing extremely well! (it's our second attempt, first attempt did not go so well...he's almost 3) He rarely ever has an accident and goes pee and poo very well in the toilet.

He still wears a diaper at night, and almost every morning when we wake up, his diaper is dry. But maybe once a week he wakes up with a wet diaper. We've tried a couple of times to go to bed without a diaper, one night was really successful, another night I have to change his pj's in the middle of the night. I'm not really sure when to start going every night without a diaper. He currently sleeps in our bed so I'd really prefer him not to pee in our bed lol. I've tried putting a towel underneath him, but he moves so much at night that it doesn't work. Any suggestions on when to stop the nightly diaper, or to help go through every night without peeing?

Thanks!

I have a question for you.My son started his potty training about a month ago, and is doing extremely well! (it's our second attempt, first attempt did not go so well...he's almost 3) He rarely ever has an accident and goes pee and poo very well in the toilet.

He still wears a diaper at night, and almost every morning when we wake up, his diaper is dry. But maybe once a week he wakes up with a wet diaper. We've tried a couple of times to go to bed without a diaper, one night was really successful, another night I have to change his pj's in the middle of the night. I'm not really sure when to start going every night without a diaper. He currently sleeps in our bed so I'd really prefer him not to pee in our bed lol. I've tried putting a towel underneath him, but he moves so much at night that it doesn't work. Any suggestions on when to stop the nightly diaper, or to help go through every night without peeing?

My DD who's 3 1/2 wears the goodnight pullups. I can't deal with any midnight accidents ! A few moms I've talked with suggest using them as long as needed. 3 is too young in my opinion to be able to control nighttime peeing.

My DD who's 3 1/2 wears the goodnight pullups. I can't deal with any midnight accidents ! A few moms I've talked with suggest using them as long as needed. 3 is too young in my opinion to be able to control nighttime peeing.

My son is 2 1/2 and wears pull ups only at night, he wakes up dry some nights but wakes up wet others. Sometimes he will wake up in the middle of the night to go to the potty, I think he just cant control it at night yet.

My son is 2 1/2 and wears pull ups only at night, he wakes up dry some nights but wakes up wet others. Sometimes he will wake up in the middle of the night to go to the potty, I think he just cant control it at night yet.

I've read that they don't learn to hold through the night until they are a bit older. I wouldnt push it but if hes doing alright and your up for it see how goes. My son is toilet trained but still wears nappies to bed, he's 3. My friends son is 4.5yrs and still wears a nappy to bed, but My little sister didn't wet the bed from about 4.

I've read that they don't learn to hold through the night until they are a bit older. I wouldnt push it but if hes doing alright and your up for it see how goes. My son is toilet trained but still wears nappies to bed, he's 3. My friends son is 4.5yrs and still wears a nappy to bed, but My little sister didn't wet the bed from about 4.

I stopped my daughter from using a nappy at night as soon as she had a clear week of dry nights. I found if you go in and take them to the toilet before you go to bed you'll find they won't generally have an accident. I was very lucky with her she learnt very quickly but will have the odd accident once in a while at night but not often, shes 4 now.

I stopped my daughter from using a nappy at night as soon as she had a clear week of dry nights. I found if you go in and take them to the toilet before you go to bed you'll find they won't generally have an accident. I was very lucky with her she learnt very quickly but will have the odd accident once in a while at night but not often, shes 4 now.

Thanks for your feedback.I didn't realize that kids still wear diapers at night until they're older even if they're potty trained. It doesn't really bother me that he's in diapers at night, I just thought it was part of potty training that they had to make it through the night. Thanks momma's!

Thanks for your feedback.I didn't realize that kids still wear diapers at night until they're older even if they're potty trained. It doesn't really bother me that he's in diapers at night, I just thought it was part of potty training that they had to make it through the night. Thanks momma's!

my son was 2 1/2 when we started potty training him. Before starting he would not wet his diaper at night for a long time before we started that is why we started to potty train. He learned to pee n poop in the big toilet in one week. Never had accidents at night and he would still wear pullups at night but he would wake up dry. after one month of waking up dry we stopped putting him pullups and he is now 4yrs old and never had day or night accidents. But every child is different. Limit drinks before bed. And have you DS go potty before getting into bed literally. and once he stays dry at night for many nights straight he may be ready for no diapers. GL and remember no child potty trains/learns the same as another just be patient he will get it :).

my son was 2 1/2 when we started potty training him. Before starting he would not wet his diaper at night for a long time before we started that is why we started to potty train. He learned to pee n poop in the big toilet in one week. Never had accidents at night and he would still wear pullups at night but he would wake up dry. after one month of waking up dry we stopped putting him pullups and he is now 4yrs old and never had day or night accidents. But every child is different. Limit drinks before bed. And have you DS go potty before getting into bed literally. and once he stays dry at night for many nights straight he may be ready for no diapers. GL and remember no child potty trains/learns the same as another just be patient he will get it :).

With my son I noticed he was staying dry at nights most of the time so we told him that if he had to pee to get up and go. We also made sure he peed before bed and we cut off fluids about 2-3 hrs before bed. Good luck. He was completely potty trained by 3.

With my son I noticed he was staying dry at nights most of the time so we told him that if he had to pee to get up and go. We also made sure he peed before bed and we cut off fluids about 2-3 hrs before bed. Good luck. He was completely potty trained by 3.

It varies from child to child I've 3 boys 2, 5 and 7 my 5 ur old has finally cracked it our health visitors in uk say it's a common thing until 7 and doc's won't see them till then. It's so frustrating but try not to put that on him, like previous people said limit drinks after certain time and take them as you go to bed it will come to him xx

It varies from child to child I've 3 boys 2, 5 and 7 my 5 ur old has finally cracked it our health visitors in uk say it's a common thing until 7 and doc's won't see them till then. It's so frustrating but try not to put that on him, like previous people said limit drinks after certain time and take them as you go to bed it will come to him xx

my daughter will be 4 in december...it was shortly after her 3rd birthday when our potty training finally kicked into her head and she decided it was ok for her to use the toilet...she was still waking up wet though for a long time...wasnt until pretty recently shes been waking up completely dry..and the last couple of weeks shes even going to the point of if she wakes up in the middle of the night and has to use the potty she will wake up mommy or daddy to help her on the potty in the dark.... we also use the goodnights pants for bedtime because they arent too expensive... and at this point with a new baby coming id just rather not deal with any bed time accidents so i dont plan on stopping the bed time pants any time soon...

my daughter will be 4 in december...it was shortly after her 3rd birthday when our potty training finally kicked into her head and she decided it was ok for her to use the toilet...she was still waking up wet though for a long time...wasnt until pretty recently shes been waking up completely dry..and the last couple of weeks shes even going to the point of if she wakes up in the middle of the night and has to use the potty she will wake up mommy or daddy to help her on the potty in the dark.... we also use the goodnights pants for bedtime because they arent too expensive... and at this point with a new baby coming id just rather not deal with any bed time accidents so i dont plan on stopping the bed time pants any time soon...

My son is 3 1/2 now and maybe 4 months of him being completely potty trained he told me he didnt want to wear a diaper to bed! I told him it was his night time underwear and he said no I'm not wearing a diaper! So I stopped putting it on him,and he only has an accident when he's sick (which is not often, also he was potty trained at 2 1/2)

My son is 3 1/2 now and maybe 4 months of him being completely potty trained he told me he didnt want to wear a diaper to bed! I told him it was his night time underwear and he said no I'm not wearing a diaper! So I stopped putting it on him,and he only has an accident when he's sick (which is not often, also he was potty trained at 2 1/2)

I'd say stick with the pull ups for now until your son can control the nighttime peeing on a consistent basis. Â If he's not even 3 yet, he's still really young and it will take a bit longer most likely for him to get to the point where he can control his bladder during the night.

My son started staying dry through the night at around 3 1/2, but even then had occasional accidents so we kept him in a diaper. Â (He potty trained late due to some anxiety issues he had...) Â He wasn't fully 100% potty trained, accident free, until he was just over 4 years old.

Good luck!

I'd say stick with the pull ups for now until your son can control the nighttime peeing on a consistent basis. Â If he's not even 3 yet, he's still really young and it will take a bit longer most likely for him to get to the point where he can control his bladder during the night.

My son started staying dry through the night at around 3 1/2, but even then had occasional accidents so we kept him in a diaper. Â (He potty trained late due to some anxiety issues he had...) Â He wasn't fully 100% potty trained, accident free, until he was just over 4 years old.

Every child is different in this area. 1st DD has a bladder of steel, she goes very long stretches (6+ hrs.) without needing to go, so nighttime was easy for her. She was accident free by 3yrs. day and night. 2nd DD is one who goes almost as much as a pregnant woman, so we're still working on nighttime and she's not quite 3 1/2. She been completely potty trained for daytime since 2 1/2 but still uses pull ups at night. Sometimes she's dry, sometimes wet. It can be frustrating thinking that it's been close to a year she should have this down by now, but I'm not going to rush her since her body is obviously not ready and she rarely wakes up at night to go potty. You're doing good mama! I wouldn't force the issue especially with the soon to be arrival of a new sibling. Take it easy and know there will be more and more dry nights to come! HTH and good luck!

Every child is different in this area. 1st DD has a bladder of steel, she goes very long stretches (6+ hrs.) without needing to go, so nighttime was easy for her. She was accident free by 3yrs. day and night. 2nd DD is one who goes almost as much as a pregnant woman, so we're still working on nighttime and she's not quite 3 1/2. She been completely potty trained for daytime since 2 1/2 but still uses pull ups at night. Sometimes she's dry, sometimes wet. It can be frustrating thinking that it's been close to a year she should have this down by now, but I'm not going to rush her since her body is obviously not ready and she rarely wakes up at night to go potty. You're doing good mama! I wouldn't force the issue especially with the soon to be arrival of a new sibling. Take it easy and know there will be more and more dry nights to come! HTH and good luck!

I have heard before that most kids are 4 before they have overnight bladder control. If it were me, and he was sleeping in my bed, I wouldn't go about it just yet lol. However, my daughter was doing the same thing you described, waking up 9/10 times with a dry diaper on, she is in her own bed, so one day I ran out of diapers and just decided to go with it, this was probably 4 months ago and since then she has had maybe 3-4 accidents? So not bad at all, I can't even remeber the last time she had one. I do watch her fluid intake before bed, just to be on the safe side. I never put a towel down or anything, like your son, she moves too much. Also, I talked to her about it, saying if she wakes up and has to go pee, to come and get mommy and I will take her, because its important she doesn't go pee in her big girl bed because she isn't wearing diapers anymore. So she has woken me up a few times to pee as well which is totally fine!

So if you do want to try it, I would say talk to him about it, and watch his fluid intake before bed :)

I have heard before that most kids are 4 before they have overnight bladder control. If it were me, and he was sleeping in my bed, I wouldn't go about it just yet lol. However, my daughter was doing the same thing you described, waking up 9/10 times with a dry diaper on, she is in her own bed, so one day I ran out of diapers and just decided to go with it, this was probably 4 months ago and since then she has had maybe 3-4 accidents? So not bad at all, I can't even remeber the last time she had one. I do watch her fluid intake before bed, just to be on the safe side. I never put a towel down or anything, like your son, she moves too much. Also, I talked to her about it, saying if she wakes up and has to go pee, to come and get mommy and I will take her, because its important she doesn't go pee in her big girl bed because she isn't wearing diapers anymore. So she has woken me up a few times to pee as well which is totally fine!

So if you do want to try it, I would say talk to him about it, and watch his fluid intake before bed :)

My two boys was potty trained before they turns 2 yr old. So by 2 1/2 yr old they r not wearing Any diaper anymore. Once in awhile they will have accidents but they learned how to get up at night to go pee. Here's the tip; do not give them drinks an hour before they go to bed you can give them drinks but not so much. And make sure they go pee before they goes to bed. That really helps a lot that they won't pee in the bed. :) good luck!

My two boys was potty trained before they turns 2 yr old. So by 2 1/2 yr old they r not wearing Any diaper anymore. Once in awhile they will have accidents but they learned how to get up at night to go pee. Here's the tip; do not give them drinks an hour before they go to bed you can give them drinks but not so much. And make sure they go pee before they goes to bed. That really helps a lot that they won't pee in the bed. :) good luck!

My son was daytime potty trained around 2 1/2 but nighttime wasn't until 3 1/2. Maybe some don't agree but I finally resorted to bribing. When he was just over 3 I stocked up on a bunch of cheap toys (mostly dollar store treats) and every morning he woke up dry he got a prize. And the goal was when he went 30 days straight he got to pick out whatever toy at the store he wanted! Not only did it work but it worked fast. He wore pullups at night until then.

My son was daytime potty trained around 2 1/2 but nighttime wasn't until 3 1/2. Maybe some don't agree but I finally resorted to bribing. When he was just over 3 I stocked up on a bunch of cheap toys (mostly dollar store treats) and every morning he woke up dry he got a prize. And the goal was when he went 30 days straight he got to pick out whatever toy at the store he wanted! Not only did it work but it worked fast. He wore pullups at night until then.

Right before DD turned 3 she had a week worth of dry night pullups so I started her in panties. She did great, only having 2 accidents in 2 months. Then we started buying diapers for the baby and she started peeing in the bed again almost every night. She will be 3.5 in December I am hoping to start over after the baby is born. I know she is ready she has just regressed a bit. She is in a twin bed also so I bought a vinly cover for the mattress. It doesn't make sounds whe you lay on it like the old ones did and it keeps the bed dry.

Right before DD turned 3 she had a week worth of dry night pullups so I started her in panties. She did great, only having 2 accidents in 2 months. Then we started buying diapers for the baby and she started peeing in the bed again almost every night. She will be 3.5 in December I am hoping to start over after the baby is born. I know she is ready she has just regressed a bit. She is in a twin bed also so I bought a vinly cover for the mattress. It doesn't make sounds whe you lay on it like the old ones did and it keeps the bed dry.

We ran into the same thing with our son; during the day he'd do awesome! But at night, he'd sleep so heavily that he just wouldn't get that signal that his bladder was full. Nothing is more awesome than having to get up in the middle of the night, pregnant, and change sheets and PJs.

We started keeping him in the overnight pull-ups, but that was beginning to get expensive when we needed to save for a vacation that had been planned since last year, getting school uniforms for the kids since their school is a uniform school, medications while I was out of work (to the tune of almost $1000!!) and a million other things. So what we started doing was putting him in underwear at night and making him go to the bathroom right before he went to bed. Then, since we usually went to bed at around midnight, we would get him up again and make him go to the bathroom then, too. He would then go to about 7 AM and not have an accident.

We did this for about 2.5 months and by the time we go to Disney World in August, he would sleep the night without going to the bathroom!! YAY!!!

It takes patience... now that he's on meds to help him sleep and to calm his bipolar, we have to get him up again, but it's just what you do to help you both out. :-)

We ran into the same thing with our son; during the day he'd do awesome! But at night, he'd sleep so heavily that he just wouldn't get that signal that his bladder was full. Nothing is more awesome than having to get up in the middle of the night, pregnant, and change sheets and PJs.

We started keeping him in the overnight pull-ups, but that was beginning to get expensive when we needed to save for a vacation that had been planned since last year, getting school uniforms for the kids since their school is a uniform school, medications while I was out of work (to the tune of almost $1000!!) and a million other things. So what we started doing was putting him in underwear at night and making him go to the bathroom right before he went to bed. Then, since we usually went to bed at around midnight, we would get him up again and make him go to the bathroom then, too. He would then go to about 7 AM and not have an accident.

We did this for about 2.5 months and by the time we go to Disney World in August, he would sleep the night without going to the bathroom!! YAY!!!

It takes patience... now that he's on meds to help him sleep and to calm his bipolar, we have to get him up again, but it's just what you do to help you both out. :-)

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